100 Plays to Save the World

Elizabeth Freestone

ISBN 10: 1636701442 / ISBN 13: 9781636701448

Published by Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 2023

About this Item

This book is a guide to one hundred plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate crisis100 Plays to Save the World is a book to provoke as well as inspire-to start conversations, inform debate, challenge our thinking, and be a launchpad for future productions. Above all, it is a call to arms--to step up, think big, and unleash theatre's power to imagine a better future into being.Each play is explored with an essay illuminating key themes in climate issues: Resources, Energy, Migration, Responsibility, Fightback, and Hope.100 Plays to Save the World is an empowering resource for theatre directors, producers, teachers, youth leaders, and writers looking for plays that speak to our present moment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100 Plays to Save the World
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636701442
• ISBN 13: 9781636701448
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book is a guide to one hundred plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate crisis

100 Plays to Save the World is a book to provoke as well as inspire—to start conversations, inform debate, challenge our thinking, and be a launchpad for future productions. Above all, it is a call to arms—to step up, think big, and unleash theatre’s power to imagine a better future into being.

Each play is explored with an essay illuminating key themes in climate issues: Resources, Energy, Migration, Responsibility, Fightback, and Hope.

100 Plays to Save the World is an empowering resource for theatre directors, producers, teachers, youth leaders, and writers looking for plays that speak to our present moment.

About the Author

Elizabeth Freestone is a theatre director, creative consultant, and environmentalist. She has directed plays for Royal Shakespeare Company, Manchester Royal Exchange, Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Young Vic, and Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.

Jeanie O'Hare is a short-story writer, playwright, and project consultant for theatre and film. She has worked for Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Druid Theatre, and was Chair of Playwriting at Yale School of Drama. She was also the Director of New Work Development at The Public Theater in New York.